Oncology & Cancer
New guidelines aim treat brain tumors more effectively
A University of Portsmouth academic has helped to develop European guidelines to treat brain tumours more effectively.
Aug 10, 2017
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Surgery
Brainy biomechanics for safer brain surgery
(Medical Xpress)—Patients undergoing brain surgery are likely to benefit from a new technique that can help neurosurgeons predict how the brain will move during operations.
Dec 18, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Potential new drug could target rare childhood brain tumor
Ribociclib—a drug already used to treat breast cancer—may help slow the growth of diffuse hemispheric glioma (DHG), new research has found.
Aug 30, 2024
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Other
Research shows gaps in unfit driver reporting
(Medical Xpress)—Ontario doctors are legally required to report patients they consider medically unfit to drive to the Ministry of Transportation (MTO) – yet they may not be doing it.
Sep 7, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
British judge rules against mother in child cancer case
A judge ruled Tuesday that a seven-year-old British boy with cancer could undergo more surgery despite his mother's opposition, which had led her to run away with her son earlier this month.
Dec 18, 2012
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Bio & Medicine
Gold specks raise hopes for better cancer treatments
A tiny medical device containing gold specks could boost the effects of cancer medication and reduce its harm, research suggests. Scientists have completed a study which showed that gold increased the effectiveness of drugs ...
Aug 7, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Study offers new insights into earliest stages of brain tumor development
Scientists working to better understand and find a cure for brain tumors have made progress in identifying initial events in cells that can lead to tumor growth.
Mar 12, 2024
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Oncology & Cancer
New drive to cut childhood brain tumour diagnosis times
A new campaign to reduce the time it takes to diagnose brain tumours in children and young people has being launched today.
Jan 17, 2017
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Oncology & Cancer
Genes of different importance for brain cancer
Two genes play important roles for the formation of malignant cancer in the brain. One gene prevents the formation of the tumour, while another gene promotes the tumour. This is shown in a new dissertation at Umeå University, ...
May 24, 2018
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Medical research
Researchers develop method that automatically delimits areas of the brain in medical images
A piece of research submitted by the Artificial Intelligence and Approximate Reasoning Group (GIARA) of the NUP/UPNA-Public University of Navarre received an award from the European Association of Fuzzy Logic and Soft Computing ...
Sep 19, 2013
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